We have used the ball a couple of times now and the kids enjoy rolling it around playing hot potato for awhile. It takes about 5-10 minutes longer than stated. We followed the receipe and the ice cream was excellent. Great choice for summer camping, picnics, or the beach.
We are really enjoying the Ice Cream Ball! We have made only vanilla ice cream so far, but we have lots of ideas of other flavors! My kids, ages 10,8,and 5 have so much fun rolling the ice cream around...great activity to do while having a great treat at the end! The recipes provided on the LLBean website are really helpful! Expect many years of fun and good ice cream out of the product! Thanks LL Bean!
The ice cream ball worked as advertised. I had a bit of a problem with leakage but a dish towel wrapped around the ball fixed that. I also found that rolling the ball on the counter that was covered with a bath towel woked best for making the ice cream. It took right at 35 minutes to get a good frozen pint of ice cream.
